The magistrate of Chen County embezzled nearly 10,000 taels of silver within one year. He was found out on the spot by the censor, and he was immediately captured by the guards and escorted to Kyoto.
Wang County.
A certain censor bowed his hand to the magistrate of Wangxian County and said with a smile: "Master Cui is honest and upright. He really sets an example for our officials. These accounts are clear and there is no problem."
"Your Majesty the Censor is so complimentary of what is within your duties." Magistrate Cui said with a smile.
"I still have responsibilities, so I won't stay here any longer. Take my leave." The censor said to Magistrate Cui, then turned to the three young people behind him and said, "Let's go."
"I am sending you two adults."
Magistrate Cui sent those people to the door. When the two censors turned around, he nodded to one of the young people inconspicuously.
Qinghe County.
"Three thousand taels in half a year, Wei County Cheng, you are very capable!"
The censor named Wan Xu glanced at Qinghe County Prime Minister coldly, waved his hand and said: "Take it!"
I just checked the account books of Qinghe County Government and found that there was a deficit of three thousand taels. All the accounts involved were handled by the Wei County Prime Minister. According to His Majesty's decree, anyone who embezzles more than one thousand taels can be ordered to guard on the spot.
Capture it and escort it to Kyoto.
Wei Xian Cheng was pressed on the shoulders by two guards. He looked at a young man behind him and said loudly: "I recognize you, Zeng family. You are from the Zeng family. Didn't I just refuse your invitation?
How dare you frame me in this way? I will definitely seek justice from the Holy One!"
"take away!"
Wan Xu snorted coldly. This time, the students in the academy were ordered by His Majesty to assist them in checking the account books. In fact, it was no longer assistance. Without them, this mission would not have gone so smoothly.
The deficient accounts are clearly there. No matter what personal grudges they had before, corruption is corruption and there is no excuse for it.
"Looking for death..." Seeing the county magistrate Wei being escorted away, Zeng Zijian twitched his lips, held an abacus in one hand, and followed the others out of the county office.
Within one day, three officials were escorted to Beijing for corruption. Officials in counties near Kyoto were panicked.
As for the people in various government offices in Kyoto who had not been investigated, they finally began to panic.
The imperial court sends people to check the accounts every year, but in fact very few are found out. How can those who have the courage to make a fuss about the accounts be found out so easily?
However, this time, His Majesty seemed to be serious. He asked the students of the College of Accountancy to assist in checking the accounts. The court had not found out for many years. Once they intervened, everyone had nothing to hide. Everyone knew that something like this would happen.
The source lies in those students.
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"You bastards, this is how they work for the imperial court!" In the Qinzheng Hall, Emperor Jing slammed the table with a gloomy look on his face.
In one day, a case involving tens of thousands of taels was discovered. The national treasury was tight. In recent days, he had been calculating almost every penny carefully. However, he did not expect that these officials below were so corrupt.
How bold!
If this is the case even in Kyoto, what will it be like in more remote places?
Where have the imperial court's financial allocations gone in recent years?
How many people are falsifying tax accounts in various places every year?
"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body and don't get angry." Chang De stood behind him, put a hand on Emperor Jing's back, and spoke slowly.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the matter of checking the accounts can no longer be carried out." At this moment, Prime Minister Qin stood up and bowed and said.
"Check, why can't you check!" Emperor Jing patted the table and said coldly: "I want to see how many moths like this are there in front of me!"
Qin Xiang looked up, sighed, and silently returned to his original position.
It is necessary to check the accounts. The imperial court sends censors to various places to check every year, and they will always catch some moths, which is also a deterrent to other officials.
However, they all say that an incorruptible official is a person with clean shoulders, but how many of them can really live up to these words?
He has already understood the accounting method of the students of the School of Calculation. As a result, almost all the official's account transactions will be nakedly exposed in broad daylight. How big a shock will this have to the entire court and the entire world?
If we really do what His Majesty said and conduct a thorough investigation, I'm afraid... the general will not be the country!
Emperor Jing lowered his head and glanced at the dozen or so people below, and asked, "Dear ladies, is there anything else you want to say?"
Including the two prime ministers and the six ministers, no one responded.
They are all old foxes in the officialdom. His Majesty is clearly determined to purge a group of people this time. If he raises objections at this time, doesn't it mean that there is something wrong in his heart?
Moreover, in the past few days, His Majesty has acted more and more vigorously and decisively, even to the point of not listening to advice.
Even though most of the edicts are for the sake of Jingguo and the world, the methods are still too tough. If they are not handled well, the entire court may be shaken...
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In the School of Computer Science, Chen Lisen, Cui Xixin and others have just returned, all looking cheerful and high-spirited.
"We are really unlucky. Why are you the only ones who have found out?" Li Jianren said with a depressed expression on his face and sighed.
The other three groups of personnel all gained something today, except that there were no major flaws in the accounts they checked, so they returned without success.
Cui Xixin smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. I'm afraid it will take a long time to check the accounts. Your luck will not be so bad all the time."
At this time, Zeng Zijian suddenly glanced at Cui Xixin and asked: "The magistrate of Wang County..."
Cui Xixin looked at him and said, "That's an uncle in the family."
The two looked at each other, smiled at each other, and understood something in each other's eyes.
"I can finally feel proud when I go back this time." Chen Lisen smiled, with a look of pride on his face.
Before today, they didn't even think that they would gain such a big harvest from this accounting check.
Those censors are all just decorations. As long as they don't make it too obvious, this is a feast for them.
Thinking about the faces of those in the family at that time, I couldn't help but feel extremely happy.
Even the other students in the college watched them pass by, with envious expressions on their faces.
They have heard about what happened today. In terms of ability, they are far superior to these people, but they have no chance. They can only watch as the credit of Po Tian falls on them...
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Qin family.
In a room somewhere, a woman said with a worried look on her face: "I don't know how Feng'er is doing there. I can't go home for several days. How can I take care of myself?"
The middle-aged man sitting in front of the desk said: "Madam, don't worry, he is no longer a child, he can take care of himself."
"As parents, we can't give him anything. We have to rely on him to earn everything..." The woman sighed and said: "Fortunately, His Majesty attaches great importance to the School of Arithmetic. After Feng'er comes out from there, you can go
Please father, please find him a good job in the court, it is true that Qin Yu is the eldest son of the Qin family, but the blood flowing through my Feng'er's body is also the blood of the Qin family!"
"I understand." The middle-aged man pondered for a while and nodded.
There was silence in the room for a moment, and the woman said again: "Your Majesty is going to check the accounts this time. Will he find you?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "It's just a small fight below. It's enough to arrest a few county magistrates and magistrates. This matter is very involved. Your Majesty's order is only temporary and will not last long.
If this continues, there will be chaos in the court in a few days, and it will definitely stop by then, and there will be no place like Liubu."
"This matter has nothing to do with us."
The middle-aged man raised his head and said: "Even if it is not easy to enter the academy, otherwise we will have to send someone to tell Feng'er and tell him not to get involved in this matter. Even if Yushitai conceals the identities of those people, it can't stand it."
If someone is willing to investigate, if there is a chance to become an official in the future, I am afraid it will be a disaster rather than a blessing..."
